Shortly before Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard landed in Rabat's airport, the project co-founder and pilot Andre Borschberg said the aircraft has proved its sustainability. "The aircraft can now fly day and night. It's quite a show ... It's a technology we can trust," he told reporters.Continue reading.

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An experimental solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse, approaches to make a night landing at Rabat airport, Morocco on Tuesday.